Amendment AA1-ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1-AA1,111,11 46.765 (2)  Purpose; amount. (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (dr), the department shall provide start-up grants to one or more agencies, but not to exceed $20,000 per grant per year, for any of the following purposes:

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1522j Section 1522j. 46.765 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,111,16 46.765 (3) Grant awards; criteria. (intro.) The department shall provide start-up grants under this section pursuant to awards made by the board on hunger. In evaluating applications for grants, the board department shall give priority to proposals for any of the purposes enumerated in sub. (2) that do all of the following:".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,111,17 497. Page 688, line 22: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,111,19 " Section 1528ym. 46.93 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,111,20 46.93 (4) (b) Engaging in any activity specified in s. 20.9275 (2) (a) 1. to 3.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,111,21 498. Page 688, line 22: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,111,23 " Section 1528w. 46.93 (3m) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 46.93 (3m) (ar) and amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,112,3 46.93 (3m) (ar) The board in In awarding grants under sub. (2), the board may not disapprove an application from an applying organization solely because the applying organization has a religious affiliation.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,112,5 (b) The following activities are prohibited under any grant award under sub. (2):

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1528x Section 1528x. 46.93 (3m) (a), (c) and (d) of the statutes are renumbered 46.93 (3m) (b) 1., 2. and 3.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1528y Section 1528y. 46.93 (3m) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,112,11 46.93 (3m) (ag) The board may not award a grant under sub. (2) to any organization that does not require written parental consent for the provision of family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b), to adolescents.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,112,12 499. Page 688, line 22: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,112,13 " Section 1529c. 46.935 of the statutes is repealed.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,112,14 500. Page 690, line 19: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,112,15 " Section 1542p. 46.995 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,5 46.995 (3) Adolescent pregnancy prevention services. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (3) (eg), the department may allocate $340,000 in each fiscal year to provide a grant annually to a public or private entity or to the elected governing body of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band to provide to high-risk adolescents pregnancy and parenthood prevention services which shall be structured so as to increase development of decision-making and communications skills, promote graduation from high school and expand career and other options and which may address needs of adolescents with respect to pregnancy prevention. Except with respect to award of a grant to a tribe or band, the department shall rank individual counties and give priority by this ranking for the award of grants under this subsection, based on the factors specified under sub. (2) (a) to (d). The department may not award a grant under this subsection to any entity or governing body that does not require written parental consent for the provision of family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b), to minors.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,6 501. Page 708, line 10: delete lines 10 to 13 and substitute:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,7 " Section 1595j. 48.551 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,11 48.551 (2) (a) Training persons who provide counseling to adolescents including school counselors, county employes providing child welfare services under s. 48.56 and family planning clinic employes of a clinic providing family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b).

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1595k Section 1595k. 48.551 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,17 48.551 (2) (a) Training persons who provide counseling to adolescents including school counselors, county or department employes providing child welfare services under s. 48.56 or 48.561 and employes of a clinic providing family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b).".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,18 502. Page 741, line 2: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,19 " Section 1701m. 48.981 (2m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,22 48.981 (2m) (b) 2. "Health care service" means family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b), pregnancy testing, obstetrical health care or screening, diagnosis and treatment for a sexually transmitted disease.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,113,23 503. Page 762, line 4: delete lines 4 to 8 and substitute:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,5 "(b) The department may require an individual whose needs are not considered under par. (a) to submit to a test for use of a controlled substance not more than every 3 months. If, at the end of 12 months, the result of each test is negative, the department shall consider the individual's needs in determining the eligibility of the individual's household.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,6 504. Page 762, line 13: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,7 " Section 1755m. 49.124 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,14 49.124 (7) Simplified food stamp program. The department shall develop a simplified food stamp program that meets all of the requirements under P.L. 104-193, section 854, and shall submit the plan to the secretary of the federal department of agriculture for approval. If the secretary of the federal department of agriculture approves the plan, the department shall submit the plan to the secretary of administration for approval. If the secretary of administration approves the plan, the department may implement the plan.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,15 505. Page 775, line 12: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,16 " Section 1801mm. 49.143 (2) (ep) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,18 49.143 (2) (ep) Distribute the amount specified in the contract for any of the following purposes, as specified in the contract:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,21 1. Customized labor training for a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position to provide training for a specific job that an employer has guaranteed to the participant upon successful completion of the training.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,114,23 2. Enhancement of the education and training activities described under s. 49.147 (4) (am) and (5) (bm).

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,2 3. Employment of job coaches and interpreters for participants in Wisconsin works employment positions.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,4 4. Support services, including child care, family counseling and in-home counseling, for the treatment of alcohol and other drug abuse.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1801mn Section 1801mn. 49.143 (2) (ep) 2. of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,8 49.143 (2) (ep) 2. Enhancement of the education and training activities described under s 49.147 (4) (am) (b) 1. a. and (5) (bm).".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,10 506. Page 779, line 13: after "statutes" insert ", as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act),".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,13 507. Page 780, line 16: after "employment." insert "Participation in customized training, as described in s. 49.143 (2) (ep) 1., shall be considered participation in education and training activities under this subd. 1. a.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,17 508. Page 780, line 17: after "week." insert "To the extent that the participation in customized training, as described in s. 49.143 (2) (ep) 1., exceeds 10 hours per week, it shall be considered participation in a community service job under this subd. 1. b.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,18 509. Page 780, line 24: substitute "attained the age" for "obtained the age".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,23 510. Page 783, line 22: after the period insert "Participation in customized training, as described in s. 49.143 (2) (ep) 1., shall be considered participation in education and training activities. To the extent that the participation in customized training exceeds 10 hours per week, it shall also be considered part of the work requirement.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,115,24 511. Page 784, line 1: substitute "attained the age" for "obtained the age".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,1 512. Page 786, line 12: delete "$555 $673" and substitute "$555".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,2 513. Page 786, line 15: delete "$4.25 $5.15" and substitute "$4.25".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,3 514. Page 786, line 20: delete "(a)" and substitute " (c)".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,4 515. Page 786, line 21: delete "$5.15" and substitute " $4.25".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,5 516. Page 787, line 2: delete "$673" and substitute "$555".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,6 517. Page 787, line 5: delete "$5.15" and substitute "$4.25".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,12 518. Page 787, line 7: after the period insert "If a participant in a community service job under s. 49.147 (4) (b) is required to work fewer than 30 hours per week because the participant has unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (c), the grant amount under this paragraph may be reduced by an amount equal to the product of $5.15 and the difference between 30 and the number of hours the participant is required to work.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,13 519. Page 787, line 15: delete "$518 $628" and substitute "$518".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,14 520. Page 787, line 19: delete "$4.25 $5.15" and substitute "$4.25".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,15 521. Page 787, line 25: delete "$555 $673" and substitute "$555".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,16 522. Page 788, line 3: delete "(a)" and substitute " (c)".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,17 523. Page 788, line 14: delete "$673" and substitute "$555".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,116,18 524. Page 788, line 17: delete "(a)" and substitute "(c)".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,3 525. Page 790, line 1: delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute "job or transitional placement, if less than 12 months. The Wisconsin works agency may require the participant to submit to a test for the use of a controlled substance not more than every 3 months. If, at the end of 12 months, the result of each test is negative and the individual is still a participant in a community service job or transitional placement, the Wisconsin works agency shall discontinue the reduction under this subsection.".

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,4 526. Page 790, line 12: after that line insert:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,5 " Section 1820c. 49.15 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,8 49.15 Wisconsin works; 2-parent families. (1) Definition. In this section, "other parent" means a parent who is not a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,14 (2) Requirements for nonparticipant parent. (a) If a participant in a Wisconsin works employment position resides with the other parent of a dependent child with respect to whom the participant is a custodial parent, the other parent shall participate for not fewer than 20 hours per week in any activity described under sub. (3) if the Wisconsin works group receives federally funded child care assistance on behalf of the dependent child.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,17 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the other parent is disabled, as defined by the department, or is caring for a severely disabled child, as defined by the department.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,20 (3) Prescribed work activities. An individual who is subject to the work requirement under sub. (2) may satisfy the requirement only by participating in any of the following activities:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,21 (a) Unsubsidized employment, as defined in s. 49.147 (1) (a).

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,22 (b) Subsidized employment, as defined by the department.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,117,24 (c) If sufficient private sector employment is not available, work experience, as defined by the department.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,118,1 (d) On-the-job training, as defined by the department.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,118,2 (e) A community service program, as defined by the department.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,118,8 (4) Single grant or subsidy. Notwithstanding the number of adults in a Wisconsin works group that are engaged in work activities in a month, no person, other than a participant in a community service job or transitional placement may receive a grant under s. 49.148 (1) (b) or (c) and no subsidy may be paid to an employer under s. 49.147 (3) (a) except on behalf of a participant in a trial job, regardless of the number of members of the Wisconsin works group that the employer employs.

AB100-ASA1-AA1,118,16 (5) Sanction. The Wisconsin works agency may reduce the monthly grant amount of a participant in a community service job or transitional placement by $5.15 for every hour that an individual who is in the participant's Wisconsin work group and who is subject to the work requirement under sub. (2) fails to meet the work requirement in a month without good cause. Good cause shall be determined by the financial and employment planner in accordance with rules promulgated by the department. Good cause shall include required court appearances for a victim of domestic abuse.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1820d Section 1820d. 49.151 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,119,5 49.151 (1) Refusal to participate. (intro.) A participant who refuses to participate 3 times in any Wisconsin works employment position component is ineligible to participate in that component. A participant is also ineligible to participate in that Wisconsin works employment position component if an individual in the participant's Wisconsin works group is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15 (2) and refuses 3 times to participate as required. A participant whom the Wisconsin works agency has determined is ineligible under this section for a particular Wisconsin works employment position component may be eligible to participate in any other Wisconsin works employment position component in which the participant has not refused to participate 3 times. A participant refuses to participate in a Wisconsin works employment position component if the participant does or an individual who is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15 (2) demonstrates a refusal to participate if any of the following applies:

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1820e Section 1820e. 49.151 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,119,10 49.151 (1) (a) Expresses The participant, or an individual who is in the participant's Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15 (2), expresses verbally or in writing to a Wisconsin works agency that he or she refuses to participate.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1820f Section 1820f. 49.151 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,119,18 49.151 (1) (b) Fails The participant, or an individual who is in the participant's Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15 (2), fails, without good cause, as determined by the Wisconsin works agency, to appear for an interview with a prospective employer or, if the participant is in a Wisconsin works transitional placement, the participant fails to appear for an assigned activity, including an activity under s. 49.147 (5) (b) 1. a. to e., without good cause, as determined by the Wisconsin works agency.

AB100-ASA1-AA1, s. 1820g Section 1820g. 49.151 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1-AA1,119,23 49.151 (1) (c) Voluntarily The participant, or an individual who is in the participant's Wisconsin works group and who is subject to the work requirement under s. 49.15 (2), voluntarily leaves appropriate employment or training without good cause, as determined by the Wisconsin works agency.